Save NPR and PBS

[Anonymous]

I’m a rare moderate Republican but the elimination of funding of CPB is truly sad. Some senators, like Rand, say it’s a private enterprise and shouldn’t be funded by taxpayers. Well, how many billions have taxpayers funded Musk’s Tesla? But that’s not the point. I don’t listen to NPR as I’m not a radio person and most of my drive time is audio books. But I’m a huge fan of PBS. Yes, the PBS Newshour does have a leftist bent but no one else provides long coverage interviews with key people on both sides. And, half the show is about the arts, or quirky only in America events and in-depth interviews with people on both sides. Where else where you see Antique Road Show, This Old House, Downtown Abbey and all of the other British shows that would never be produced in the US. Locally, PBS stations covers areas with local news provided by no one else in places like Alaska and in the Dakotas. In Florida, my local station creates shows about the history of our state that no commercial station would ever touch because there is no profit in it. But, PBS does it because there is education value. And for many of us our first experience with PBS was education. As a child of the 60’s I remember a PBS show shown in school with Dorothy Glasgow (sp?) teaching Spanish.

[Anonymous]

If it's that good, it can stand on its own, right?

[Anonymous]

What can we do? I’m with you. It’s a wonderful thing, radio and tv. We have to save it.

[Anonymous]

I am hoping that they will come up with a strategy and ask for support to be provided in the way that benefits them most. They just need to be able to ride out this de-enlightenment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If it's that good, it can stand on its own, right?

NP, no it can’t. PBS stations don’t run advertising and what they air has education value and not commercial value. Many stations can survive via fund raising but in remote areas the money isn’t there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If it's that good, it can stand on its own, right?

NP, no it can’t. PBS stations don’t run advertising and what they air has education value and not commercial value. Many stations can survive via fund raising but in remote areas the money isn’t there.

The CEO of pbs lives in a mansion outside Roundhill.

Long overdue to let them stand on their own

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If it's that good, it can stand on its own, right?

NP, no it can’t. PBS stations don’t run advertising and what they air has education value and not commercial value. Many stations can survive via fund raising but in remote areas the money isn’t there.

The CEO of pbs lives in a mansion outside Roundhill.

Long overdue to let them stand on their own

For what it's worth, the CEO of PBS makes about $1,000,000/year. PBS has $500,000,000 in revenue and 1700+ employees.

But the real issue here is that it is the local stations throughout the country that are most likely to fail, not PBS itself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If it's that good, it can stand on its own, right?

NP, no it can’t. PBS stations don’t run advertising and what they air has education value and not commercial value. Many stations can survive via fund raising but in remote areas the money isn’t there.

The CEO of pbs lives in a mansion outside Roundhill.

Long overdue to let them stand on their own

For what it's worth, the CEO of PBS makes about $1,000,000/year. PBS has $500,000,000 in revenue and 1700+ employees.

But the real issue here is that it is the local stations throughout the country that are most likely to fail, not PBS itself.

This is very true. Symbolically the CEO should offer to take a pay cut. Lead by example.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If it's that good, it can stand on its own, right?

NP, no it can’t. PBS stations don’t run advertising and what they air has education value and not commercial value. Many stations can survive via fund raising but in remote areas the money isn’t there.

The CEO of pbs lives in a mansion outside Roundhill.

Long overdue to let them stand on their own

There are a lot of rural communities like rural Kansas where public broadcasting is the only way they have to get local news, weather, high school sports, agricultural updates and so on. Smoky Hills PBS serves 1.2 Kansans over 71 counties. They are going to be gutted, losing half of their budget.

Seems Trump gives even less of a shit about rural "flyover country" than the democrats do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If it's that good, it can stand on its own, right?

NP, no it can’t. PBS stations don’t run advertising and what they air has education value and not commercial value. Many stations can survive via fund raising but in remote areas the money isn’t there.

The CEO of pbs lives in a mansion outside Roundhill.

Long overdue to let them stand on their own

For what it's worth, the CEO of PBS makes about $1,000,000/year. PBS has $500,000,000 in revenue and 1700+ employees.

But the real issue here is that it is the local stations throughout the country that are most likely to fail, not PBS itself.

This is very true. Symbolically the CEO should offer to take a pay cut. Lead by example.

That is a pay cut compared to private sector CEO pay. And don't we constantly have to endure posts from DCUMers whining that they are barely making it on that kind of money?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If it's that good, it can stand on its own, right?

NP, no it can’t. PBS stations don’t run advertising and what they air has education value and not commercial value. Many stations can survive via fund raising but in remote areas the money isn’t there.

The CEO of pbs lives in a mansion outside Roundhill.

Long overdue to let them stand on their own

For what it's worth, the CEO of PBS makes about $1,000,000/year. PBS has $500,000,000 in revenue and 1700+ employees.

But the real issue here is that it is the local stations throughout the country that are most likely to fail, not PBS itself.

This is very true. Symbolically the CEO should offer to take a pay cut. Lead by example.

That is a pay cut compared to private sector CEO pay. And don't we constantly have to endure posts from DCUMers whining that they are barely making it on that kind of money?

Don't you know that all DCUMers are seven feet tall, have start status and are CEOs of multimillion dollar enterprises, so they really don't have a dog in any fight?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If it's that good, it can stand on its own, right?

NP, no it can’t. PBS stations don’t run advertising and what they air has education value and not commercial value. Many stations can survive via fund raising but in remote areas the money isn’t there.

The CEO of pbs lives in a mansion outside Roundhill.

Long overdue to let them stand on their own

There are a lot of rural communities like rural Kansas where public broadcasting is the only way they have to get local news, weather, high school sports, agricultural updates and so on. Smoky Hills PBS serves 1.2 Kansans over 71 counties. They are going to be gutted, losing half of their budget.

Seems Trump gives even less of a shit about rural "flyover country" than the democrats do.

Thanks for info about Smoky Hills.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If it's that good, it can stand on its own, right?

NP, no it can’t. PBS stations don’t run advertising and what they air has education value and not commercial value. Many stations can survive via fund raising but in remote areas the money isn’t there.

The CEO of pbs lives in a mansion outside Roundhill.

Long overdue to let them stand on their own

There are a lot of rural communities like rural Kansas where public broadcasting is the only way they have to get local news, weather, high school sports, agricultural updates and so on. Smoky Hills PBS serves 1.2 Kansans over 71 counties. They are going to be gutted, losing half of their budget.

Seems Trump gives even less of a shit about rural "flyover country" than the democrats do.

Well then they should have been more responsible and reported the news such as high school sports and weather and ag reports; and avoided progressive nonsense.

I’m a former NPR listener who was shocked by how biased it had become in recent years. Can you imagine if a public radio had dared report with a conservative lens?

They 100% deserve this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If it's that good, it can stand on its own, right?

NP, no it can’t. PBS stations don’t run advertising and what they air has education value and not commercial value. Many stations can survive via fund raising but in remote areas the money isn’t there.

The CEO of pbs lives in a mansion outside Roundhill.

Long overdue to let them stand on their own

There are a lot of rural communities like rural Kansas where public broadcasting is the only way they have to get local news, weather, high school sports, agricultural updates and so on. Smoky Hills PBS serves 1.2 Kansans over 71 counties. They are going to be gutted, losing half of their budget.

Seems Trump gives even less of a shit about rural "flyover country" than the democrats do.

Well then they should have been more responsible and reported the news such as high school sports and weather and ag reports; and avoided progressive nonsense.

I’m a former NPR listener who was shocked by how biased it had become in recent years. Can you imagine if a public radio had dared report with a conservative lens?

They 100% deserve this.

They do their best. How would you go about being "neutral" when one side consists of typical politicians while the other side lies, then claims any fact checking is biased?

[Anonymous]

You know who else have govt run news and media? North korea and iran